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. >>> nasa is expected to give an update on its mission to mars today. it's happening in san francisco at the annual fall meeting. nasa is down playing rumors of major new findings from the curiosity rover. the announcement will be an aupdate about the first use of the analytical instruments. >>> pope benedict joining twitter. the vatican announced today pope benedict has its own. he will start tweeting december 12th. the pope will tweet in six languages. his twitter handle will be -- he has already has more than 35,000 followers. >>> new state lawmakers will take the state of oath in sacramento this morning. democrats won a historic super majority. that allows them to raise taxes with little concern of republican opposition. but leaders say they will avoid doing that considering voters just passed proposition 30. republicans and governor brown say they will be watching democrats to keep new taxes in check. >>> one of the first acts of the state assembly will be to honor an eagle scout. he was just told before his 18th birthday he would not be given the
. >>> nasa is expected to give an update on its mission to mars today. it's happening in san francisco at the annual fall meeting. nasa is down playing rumors of major new findings from the curiosity rover. the announcement will be an aupdate about the first use of the analytical instruments. >>> pope benedict joining twitter. the vatican announced today pope benedict has its own. he will start tweeting december 12th. the pope will tweet in six languages. his twitter handle...
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. >>> after weeks of rumors, nasa delivered a understated assessment from the mars rover. in a news conference in san francisco they said samples collected had shown organic compounds but they can't be sure if that amounts to signs of life. >> we don't know if they are indigenous to mars or not. it will take us time to work through that. there is a lot of interest in that but the point is that the middle name is patience. >> today the scientists said the idea they might have found signs of life was a misunderstanding. >> a new break through in weather forecasting, new at 6:00 p.m. the new high tech tool that could help protect storms. >>> the steve jobs movie will premier in january. some of the filming took place in palo alto. it looks at 30 years in the co- founder. >>> coming up in 2 minutes, more on the school shut down after the big weekend storm. what they say getting back to normal will be especially hard. >> and a ceremony mark as power change, what democrats say they plan to do with their new found super majority vote. >>> cleaning up at north bay middle school, w
. >>> after weeks of rumors, nasa delivered a understated assessment from the mars rover. in a news conference in san francisco they said samples collected had shown organic compounds but they can't be sure if that amounts to signs of life. >> we don't know if they are indigenous to mars or not. it will take us time to work through that. there is a lot of interest in that but the point is that the middle name is patience. >> today the scientists said the idea they might...
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nasa scientists now say that was a misunderstanding. >>> good afternoon to you. we have a dry fairly nice day underway for your monday. the winds are right at -- are light at this hour. a temporary ridge of high pressure in place. giving you a live look at san francisco and the bay bridge, we've got, again, blue skies out there, high clouds passing overhead. those clouds will begin to increase a little bit later today, ahead of, yes, the next system. right now winds are light, calm in livermore and san jose and the breeze in fairfield, 8 miles per hour. temperatures are a little cooler than 24 hours ago. it was a chilly start but we're making up the difference in the afternoon. temperatures just below the season al average but not too bad with the sunshine in many cases. here's the stormtracker showing you high clouds moving overheard. this is about all we'll see -- overhead. this is about all we'll see today. but we have another system that will begin to move in and bring us some rain as early as tuesday. so farred to, we're -- so far today, we're dry, the winds
nasa scientists now say that was a misunderstanding. >>> good afternoon to you. we have a dry fairly nice day underway for your monday. the winds are right at -- are light at this hour. a temporary ridge of high pressure in place. giving you a live look at san francisco and the bay bridge, we've got, again, blue skies out there, high clouds passing overhead. those clouds will begin to increase a little bit later today, ahead of, yes, the next system. right now winds are light, calm in...
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eight years after it landed on mars, nasa's rover opportunity is still making discoveries. scientists announceed today at the american geophysical union meeting in san francisco that the rover has uncovered hints of clay mirals. they're important because they hold clues about the martian climate and should help scientists figure out if surface conditions could've been favorable for life. >>> the use of drones in war zones has stirred global debate. now an east bay law enforcement agency is drawing fire for its plan to launch a drone in their community. >> we should not be rushing headlong into buying a drone before the safeguards are in place, before the county has decided it should get a drone. >> american civil liberties union spoke out against the drone plan today just before the alameda county board of supervisors took up the issue. the sheriff hopes to buy an unmanned aerial system or drone using a state grant. it has hd video and infrared capabilities. the sheriff says it would be used ford sent and rescue, natural disaster response and to pursue suspects. the aclish
eight years after it landed on mars, nasa's rover opportunity is still making discoveries. scientists announceed today at the american geophysical union meeting in san francisco that the rover has uncovered hints of clay mirals. they're important because they hold clues about the martian climate and should help scientists figure out if surface conditions could've been favorable for life. >>> the use of drones in war zones has stirred global debate. now an east bay law enforcement...
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. >>> nasa posting some intriguing video of our planet that was taken by a satellite at night. this video here shows the earth lit up by city lights in various parts of the globe. it was taken by a new satellite for nasa and the national weather service and was released just this week during a conference in san francisco. scientists say the new day/knightsen sore on the satellite makes it possible to view previously unobserved events on earth such as nighttime cloud formation. >>> we have gotten a lot of rain over the last couple days. are we pretty much done for now. >> we've got a break in the showers. they're very light. might be a few more tonight but it's really winding down so that's the good news. again this was more of a run of the mill storm as compare today those we saw over the weekend or sunday. live storm tracker 2 picks out showers here and i've had reports of modern rain fall up in the hills above san jose hose but, again, most of it is dying down. tonight we're looking for wet ground, cool long nights in valley fog to form so that's really the weather story. mos
. >>> nasa posting some intriguing video of our planet that was taken by a satellite at night. this video here shows the earth lit up by city lights in various parts of the globe. it was taken by a new satellite for nasa and the national weather service and was released just this week during a conference in san francisco. scientists say the new day/knightsen sore on the satellite makes it possible to view previously unobserved events on earth such as nighttime cloud formation....
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a flood warning in effect for nasa and sonoma county for the next hour. that's a heavy rainfall event. that means it is flooding, it's eminent, or is occurring right now. it's a very -- when you hear that, it's a big deal. sonoma and napa county. what are we tracking? this is the area right here. you don't need the 2 k 4 it out. this is major rainfall that here. how do i know its major rainfall? well, it's yellow. this is the storm report. every time i look at it, i'm impressed. i'm going to appear. the first one i will get is a peer at windsor. now, this is where the system was an hour ago. it's 6:07. an hour ago it produced a debris flow in hillsboro. these are national weather service observers. we've got another one. we've got a nonvendor storm wind gusts to 58 miles per hour. what am i saying? we got really heavy rain moving through the bay area right now. some of the hideous rain we seemed in a long time. that's why the national weather service had a flood warning out. that's what's happening now. this is going to drain into the major rivers. the na
a flood warning in effect for nasa and sonoma county for the next hour. that's a heavy rainfall event. that means it is flooding, it's eminent, or is occurring right now. it's a very -- when you hear that, it's a big deal. sonoma and napa county. what are we tracking? this is the area right here. you don't need the 2 k 4 it out. this is major rainfall that here. how do i know its major rainfall? well, it's yellow. this is the storm report. every time i look at it, i'm impressed. i'm going to...
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. >>> nasa is expected to give an update on the mission to mars later today. this will be happening in san francisco at the annual fall meeting at the annual geo goes physical meeting -- geophysical meeting. they will be given the mars rover update. >>> nine minutes before 8:00, a new multi-million dollar sports complex could be coming to san rafael. more on deet is -- more on the decision the city council faces tonight. >>> and also the mayor of detroit is in san francisco. he's settling a bet. what he will be doing today more than a months after the giants win the world series. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> the fate of a multi-million dollar soccer complex in san rafael may be decide. after seven years of research, city officials will consider to approve the proposed $6 million complex right near the san rafael ai
. >>> nasa is expected to give an update on the mission to mars later today. this will be happening in san francisco at the annual fall meeting at the annual geo goes physical meeting -- geophysical meeting. they will be given the mars rover update. >>> nine minutes before 8:00, a new multi-million dollar sports complex could be coming to san rafael. more on deet is -- more on the decision the city council faces tonight. >>> and also the mayor of detroit is in san...